Registering coin bank



Sept- 25, 1951 R. l. N. WEINGART REGISTERING COIN BANK 2 Sheets-Sheet lFiled Jan. 5. 1949 INVENTOR. Pfaff/rea /v. Wem/51er BY l *- 4free/wryYou HAVE DE Poslrsn /27 YpU HAVE DEP05|TED You Have lDEPomeu R. l. N.WENGART REGISTERING COIN BANK Sept. Z5, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fil'edJan. 5. 1949 Patented Sept. 25, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

This invention relates to coin banks which register the total amount ondeposit and has for its principal object to provide a registering bankof this general character wherein the usual registering mechanism istotally eliminated, the 5 totals being shown on tickets, one of which isdelivered with each deposit.

Coin banks having means for registering total deposits must necessarilyhave a relatively complex totalizing mechanism and if the bank isarranged to receive coins of plural denominations the number of partsmust be increased accord.- ingly.

The coin bank of the present invention is characterized by an absence ofsuch mechanism, totals being shown on tickets, either in strip form orin pre-cut condition, one ticket being delivered upon each deposit whichshows the total previously deposited in the bank, including the currentdeposit.

In one embodiment of the invention the tickets are in strip form, eachticket showing the amount currently being deposited plus the amountpreviously received. A suitable sight opening in bank housing permitsthe latter item to be visible but not the former item. Thus, if it is asingle coin bank, say for dimes only, and $1.20 has previously beendeposited, this item of $1.20 will be visible on the ticket which is tobe issued by the machine upon the next succeeding deposit. Such ticketalso has the notation c printed under the $1.20 item and below the 10item the final total of $1.30 is printed. Accordingly, when the nextdime is inserted Iand the ticket delivered, the $1.30 total will beshown thereon and the next ticket, still in the machine, will show the$1.30 total.

If the tickets are in strip form each individual ticket section may beperforated at each end and a hole for a driving sprocket may also beformed in the ticket. Manual feeding means is released for movement uponinsertion of a coin and when the forward ticket has been moved throughan opening in the housing it may be severed by a tear edge associatedwith the opening.

Similarly, if the tickets are pre-cut, convenient means may be providedfor delivering them, one at a time, upon the insertion of the coin.

In this fashion, the actual registering is done by the ticketsthemselves and the only mechanism necessary is that required to deliverone ticket upon insertion of a coin, which is very simple. A multi-coinarrangement can also be made wherein one ticket will issue uponinsertion of one nickel and two -tickets upon insertion of two nickelsor one dime. In each instance the registering is done by the tickets,the total on deposit being indicated on the delivered ticket and alsopreferably, although not necessarily, on the next ticket in the machinethrough a sight opening.

The coin bank of the present invention may also provide an educationalasset in that historical events or other instructive data may be setforth on the successive tickets and it will stimulate interest insavings by the urge to obtain` the next ticket in the machine. Automaticmeans may be provided for opening a door, upon the delivery of the lastticket although this is not necessary if the present coin bank is usedin cooperation with regular savings institutions wherein the institutionwill open the door with its own key upon exhausting of the tickets, anda .new ticket roll then inserted free by the bank.

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Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a coin bank embodying the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the bank, the section beingtaken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Y

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the bank, the section being atright angles to the section of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a broken horizontal section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a broken vertical section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a broken vertical section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 .is a broken-side elevation, partially in section,` of the coincarrier shown in Fig. .5.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the continuous ticket strip used in theforegoing bank.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken through a modiiied form of theinvention wherein pre-cut tickets rather than a continuous ticket stripis employed.

Fig. 10 is a vertical section taken on line |,0 I 0 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a vertical section taken on line I I I I of Fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a broken vertical section taken on line I2 I2 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary perspective View show- -ing a modifiedmulti-coin arrangement.

The first embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusiveincludes a housing having a, front wall I0, a bottom wall I I, a xedside wall I2, a removable side wall I3 and a curved top wall I4.

A shaft I5 is suitably journalled within the housing and has keyedthereto a manually rotatable wheel IB which is knurled on its outerperiphery as shown at I1.

The knurled wheel need not extend beyond the surface of the front andtop walls which are suitably recessed as shown at 2| to make the wheelmore accessible for rotation. Shaft I5 further carries a drum 22 whichis keyed thereto which forms a drive for the ticket strip 23 which isshown in detail in Fig. 8. The ticket strip is carried on a second drum24 journalled on a shaft 25 mounted on a bracket 26 carried on base wallII.

The ticket strip 23 is divided into ticket sections 2'I by transversecrease lines 3| and a sprocket hole 32 is aligned with each crease lineor it may be located elsewhere on the ticket. There is printed on eachticket section some notation such as You have deposited and below suchnotation is an amount printed such as 1.70 shown at 33. Below thisamount there is printed the unit of deposit .05 shown at 34. There isnext a line 35 and finally the total 1.75 shown at 36. This arrangementmay be used when ve cents is the unit of deposit.

The ticket strip passes over drum 22 where holes 32 in the ticket areengaged by driving pins which are spaced apart the length of one ticketsection. The ticket strip is held in contact with drum 22 by fiatsprings 4I and passes out of the housing through an opening in frontwall I0 having an upper tearing edge 42 and a rear guide wall 43.

If a multi-coin bank is provided there may be y separate slots for eachdenomination. Thus, if the bank is to be used for nickels and dimesthere are provided slots 44 and 45 in upper wall I4. A coin carrier 461skeyed to shaft I5 for the nickels and another coin carrier 4'I alsokeyed thereto for the dimes. The coins are guided in their downwardmovement towards the coin car'- rier by means of plates 5I.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 5 which shows the coin carrier 46 forthe nickels, it will be seen that this carrier is provided with pluralopenings 52 which receive the 5 coin shown at 53. The coin carrier islocked against rotation by means of a bell crank lever. one leg 55 ofwhich is received in a notched opening 56 in the coin carrier. The bellcrank lever is pivoted at 60 on a lever 6I, the opposite leg 62 of thebell crank lever being urged in a counter-clockwise direction by meansof a spring 63, the opposite end of which is secured to a pin 64 carriedon lever 6I. Lever 6I is itself pivoted at 65 on a cross frame member`66 and is urged in a clockwise direction by means of a spring 10. Pins'II and 'I2 limit rotative movement of the bell crank lever.

A ratchet 'I3 having a pawl 69, Fig. 3, permits rotation of the coincarrier in a counter-clockwise direction only, when viewed as in Fig. 5.The pawl and ratchet arrangement does permit enough reverse rotation topermit movement of slot 56 relative to lever 55. Thus, before the coin53 is inserted in the slot, the coin carrier may rotate only within thelimits defined Aby notch 56. When, however, the coin is inserted and theshaft -is rotated by turning wheel I6 the coin raises a pin 'I4 carriedby a lever 6I, thus raising lever 6I and disengaging leg 55 of the bellcrank lever from notch 56, all as shown in Fig. 7.

In the event that a coin smaller than a 5 piece is inserted in thisslot, it simply falls through to the lower end of the housing. When thecoin carrier is thus rotated upon release having been effected by thecoin, such coin similarly drops to the bottom of the housing. When adime 15 is inserted through slot 45 it falls into an opening 'I6 in thesecond coin carrier 41. Inasmuch as the dime should provide twoincrements of rotation the pin I4 at its outer end carries a curvedlever which is engaged by the dime and holds the bell crank lever out ofengagement for such two increments of rotation.

The front wall I0 of the housing is further provided with an opening 8|which permits the previous total 33 in this instance, the figure 1.70 tobe shown. The opening. however, is of suiiiciently shallow depth toconceal the balance of the indicia on the ticket.

In operation, the side wall I3 may first be removed from the housing.Any suitable locking means (not shown) may be provided for securing thisside wall in place. The ticket strip may now be placed on drum 24 andthreaded over the top of drum 22, the cover may now be replaced and thebank is ready for operation. The first ticket section will omitdesignation 33 since nothing has yet been deposited in the bank. Itwill, nevertheless, have notations 34 and 36 which, in this instance.will be .05 and .05. Let us assume that a nickel is now placed in theslot and the hand wheel I6 rotated. This causes the rst ticket to passdownwardly through the opening in the front wall and it is then torn oilby applying it against tear edge 42. This action continues until all ofthe tickets have been exhausted.

In the second form of the invention shown in Figs. 9 to 13, the housingB3 is provided with a coin opening 84 on its upper wall 85. A levez` 86is pivoted at 81 adjacent one end of the housing. A pivoted pawl 88 ofconventional construction carried by the lever engages a ratchet 89which may be a straight rack to insure full forward travel of the leverbefore rearward travel begins. The coin passes downwardly through achannel 90 and into a substantially U-shaped socket 9| which is mountedon a cross slide y92 which extends through an opening in side wall 93and ris provided with a handle portion 94. The vcross slide is mountedfor such reciprocating movement on a frame member 95 which providestrackways. The lower end of the coin socket is open butthe coin isprevented from falling through the opening frame member 96 which forms ashelf. VA finger 86 is carried on .lever 86 and when cross slide 92 ismoved outwardly coin 91 engages finger 96, thus moving lever 66. Thelower end of channel 90 is curved at 98 to permit the coin to be carriedaway. A stop |00 limits outward movement of the cross slide. As soon asthe coin reaches the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1l, it dropsthrough an opening IOI in frame 95 and into the receptacle |02 at thelower end of the housing. If desired, a `finger (not shown) may beprovided for assuring disengagement of the coin from nger 96 to cause itto fall. In the event that this mechanism is arranged, vsay vfornickels, and a dime or penny .is inserted, the diameter of the coin isnot sufficiently great to cause its upper edge to engage finger 96.Thus, when the coin is moved to the right as in Fig. 11, it Simply dropsthrough slot IOI into the receptacle without causing any movement oflever 86.

It will be seen from the foregoing that lever 66 is moved only when acoin of proper denomination is inserted in the slot.

The opposite end of lever 86 passes through an opening |08 in anintermediate wall 99 and is connected with a plate |04 which `is mountedfor sliding movement in a trackway |05. The plate carries a pin |06which is received in a slot |01 at the end of the lever. In this case,the pre-cut tickets are mounted on a plate which is urged upwardly bymeans of a spring ||2.

The tickets are confined in an area including the outer walls of thecasing, intermediate wall 99 and another wall ||3. Sliding plate |04 hasa flange ||4 along its Irear edge of sufiicient depth to engage andcarry off for delivery one ticket. Wall I |3 has a short horizontalsection I6 which permits iiange I4 to move behind the uppermost ticketon the return stroke. Tickets are delivered through slot I|5.

In this instance again, the ticket may have three items printed thereon,i. e., the previous total, 1.70 shown at |20, the new deposit -{-.05shown at |2|, and the new total 1.75 shown at |22. A sight opening |23in the top wall permits the upper ticket to be seen and a baiile |25permits only the first item to be observed. Wall section |26 may beremovable and be suitably locked in place after the tickets have beeninserted.

, A coin 91` is then inserted through opening 84 and it drops onto shelf95 and is supported by socket 9|. Slide 02 is then drawn outwardly tothe position shown in broken lines in Fig. l1 after which it drops intoreceptacle |02. This movement of lever 86 caused by the coin actingagainst finger 06 causes delivery of one ticket and the spring supportedshelf then moves the next ticket upwardly into delivery position.

This arrangement is convenient for a single coin bank and if amulti-coin bank'is desired the` structure of Fig. 13 may be used fordelivering the tickets in place of slide |04 with its flange H4. A coinof smaller denomination will be arranged through a lever |30 like lever86 to operate one slide |3| which has a relatively short vertical ilange|32 to deliver one ticket. A coin of higher denomination will bearranged to operate a second lever |33 connected with a second slide |34having a deeper flange |35 which delivers two tickets. When the latterlever is actuated both slides move, the ange of each delivering oneticket. It will also be appreciated that the mechanism of Fig. 9 may beduplicated for a multi-coin bank.

While three forms or embodiments of the invention have been shown anddescribed herein for illustrative purposes, and the construction andarrangement incidental to specific applications thereof have beendisclosed and discussed in detail, it is to be understood that theinvention is limited neither to the mere details or relative arrangementof parts, nor to its specific embodiments shown herein, but thatextensive deviations from the illustrated forms or embodiments of theinvention may be made without -departing from the principles thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A self registering coin bank provided with Aa housing having pluralopenings including a 'coin opening and a ticket-delivering opening, aYmanually movable coin carrier provided with a jportion extendingthrough one of such openings ifor actuation by the depositor, pluralpre-printed 4tickets sequentially arranged in the housing and :means fordelivering a ticket to the depositor upon actuation of such means aftera coin has been received by the coin carrier, the outermost -deliveredticket having imprinted thereon a sum equal to the total of previousdeposits, a figure representative of the value of the coin defio'mi`nation deposited, and the total of the Sum and coin value, the ticket insaid arrangement adjacent the outermost ticket having imprinted thereonfigures representative of the latter total, the aforesaid value and thesum of the latter total and value, and means in said housing for viewingthat portion of the said adjacent ticket. whereby only the said figurerepresentative of the last` mentioned sum is visible.

2. A self registering Ycoin bank provided With a housing having pluralopenings including a coin slot and a slot for delivering a ticket to adepositor, plural pre-printed tickets arranged in superimposed relationand spring means for urging the tickets to a position relative to thelatter slot, movable means for engaging the outermost ticket anddelivering it through the ticket. slot, a manually movable coin slideprovided with a coin socket, the coin in such socket being arranged toactuate the ticket delivering means, the outermost delivered tickethaving imprinted thereon'a sum equal to the total of previous deposits,a figure representative of the value of the coin denomination deposited,and the total of the sum and coin value, the ticket in said relationadjacent the outermost ticket having imprinted thereon figuresrepresentative of the latter total, the aforesaid value and the sum ofthe latter total and value, and means in said housing for viewing thatportion of the said adjacent ticket, whereby only the said gurerepresentative of the last mentioned sum is visible.

3. A self registering bank provided with a housing having pluralopenings including a coin slot and a slot for delivering a ticket to adepositor, plural pre-printed tickets arranged in superimposed relationin the housing and spring means for urging the tickets toticket-delivering position, movable means for engaging the outermostticket and delivering it through the ticket slot, a movable coin slidewhich receives the coin to cause the latter to actuate the ticketdelivering means upon movement of such slide and coin, the outermostdelivered ticket having imprinted thereon a sum equal to the total ofprevious deposits, a figure representative of the value of the coindenomination deposited, and the total of the sum and coin value, theticket in said relation adjacent the outermost ticket having imprintedthereon gures representative of the latter total, the aforesaid valueand the sum of the latter total and value, and means in said housing forviewing that portion of the said adjacent ticket, whereby only the saidfigure representative of the last mentioned sum is visible.

4. A self registering coin bank provided with a housing having pluralopenings including a coin slot and a slot for delivering a ticket to adepositor, plural pre-printed tickets arranged in superimposed relationand spring means for urging the tickets toa position relative to thelatter slot, movable means for engaging the outermost ticket anddelivering it through the ticket slot, a movable coin slide providedwith a coin socket and which is movable upon the insertion of a coin toactuate the ticket delivering means, the outermost delivered tickethaving imprinted thereon a sum equal to the total of previous deposits,a figure representative of the value of the coin denomination deposited,and the total of the sum and coin value, the ticket in said relationadjacent the outermost ticket havin-g imprinted thereon figuresrepresentative of the latter total, the aforesaid Value and the sum. ofthe latter www total and value, and means in said housing for viewingthat portion of the said adjacent ticket, whereby only the said figurerepresentative o f the last mentioned sum is visible.

5. A self registering coin bank provided with a housing having pluralopenings/including a Ycoin opening, a sight, opening and aticketf'deliv'ering opening, a manually rotatable coin carrier pro#vided with a portion extending through one of such openings foractuation by the depositor, a pre-printed ticket strip having pluraltickets in the housing and means for delivering a ticket to thedepositor upon actuation of such means after a coin has been received bythe coin carrier, the outermost delivered ticket in the strip'havingimprinted thereon a sum equal to the total of previous deposits, a gurerepresentative of the value of the coin denomination deposited, and thetotal of the sum and coin value, the ticket in said strip adjacent theoutermost ticket REFERENCES CITED The following references are of recordin the file 'of this patent:

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